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  Mar 13, 2024

  Martin Scorsese: A cautionary tale about authorial intent

  Martin Scorsese is widely considered one of the greatest directors of all time. That such a renowned filmmaker could, at times, misjudge the effects of his artistic choices — and to such a great degree — should be a sobering reminder to us.

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  Sep 1, 2023

  Author of ‘Digital Liturgies’ on how Christians can live wisely in an online age

  Cultural commentator Samuel D. James discussed the influential and formative power of the internet in a recent interview. James’ newest book, Digital Liturgies, explores the hidden ideology and worldview-shaping nature of internet technology, as well as how Christians can rightly navigate through the digital world in faithfulness to Christ.

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  Oct 9, 2022

  Disney’s live-action ‘Little Mermaid’ and ethnic favoritism

  Even if and when our culture promotes diversity for the clandestine purposes of partiality, followers of Christ have no excuse to push back by promoting a different form of partiality.

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  Jun 14, 2022

  Christians: Stop defending Hollywood porn

  We need to reject our culture’s euphemistic nomenclature and call “simulated sex” for what it really is: softcore pornography.

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  Feb 19, 2022

  In defense of ‘Encanto’ from Christian critics

  “Encanto” is a charming break from the Disney mold, beautifully (albeit, inadvertently) promoting a distinctly Christian understanding of the world in a kaleidoscope of narrative elements, the likes of which have not been seen in a Disney film in years — if not decades.

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  Oct 25, 2021

  'The Last Duel': When speaking truth to power self-destructs

  We can condemn pornography without having to review it all first. And we can condemn pornographic filming methods regardless of where they are found and whether or not we have watched them.

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  Jul 4, 2021

  What to our divided nation is the Fourth of July?

  Unlike many of the orators of our day, who are prone to simplistic, hyper-partisan posturing, Douglass understood an important reality: like humanity itself, America’s history is filled with decency and depravity, nobility and noxiousness, heroism and heinousness. Pretending otherwise does a disservice to reality.

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  Jun 30, 2021

  Q&A: Scholar dissects one of CS Lewis's hardest books, 'The Abolition of Man'

  Ward’s commentary explains, clarifies, and contextualizes Lewis’s material to make it more accessible to a modern audience.

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  Apr 20, 2021

  Hollywood’s most Oscar-worthy treatment of rape

  The reality is that vengeance doesn’t satisfy justice. By its very nature, it cannot. Vengeance is unjust, and no amount of injustice can correct a previous act of injustice. As such, the revenge fantasy film is just that—a fantasy that allows audiences a false sense of catharsis.

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  Mar 3, 2021

  Who’s really to blame for Hollywood’s nude and sex scenes?

  During her appearance on the Armchair Expert podcast, actress Salma Hayek opened up about a traumatic experience on the ...